Estonian Eagle Owl Nest 2022, 2023, 2024

[laranjeiras]

yay! the cam view has changed and now we can try to spot the owlet


last season Askja and Liz01 were a dab hand at this - they had sharp eyes

[carol.alida]

Does anyone remember the date last year when the little owl left the nest? I think think it was much younger than this year´s owlet. It´s very unfortunate that he´s not in the nest as he shouldn´t have left until mid-June but he´s big and strong so I hope his parents will feed him so he can survive. I am missing him so much.

[carol.alida]

Looking back to 18th July 2023 the youngest of the three owlets was still in the nest and branching. So this year´s owlet is too young to be out of the nest. I hope someone will look for him when it´s daylight and put him back in the nest.

[laranjeiras]

thanks to boerje on youtube, who spotted the owlet - moving along the top left, towards the tree

[Liz01]

there it is - all fledged ...

laranjeiras, thank you very much

that was a great fledge
From my point of view, Hanna encouraged it. She showed that it was time to go.
It is old enough and much fatter than our owlets from last year. An offspring that has never gone hungry for a single day.
That was a great season.

I have done a video from their last stay together on nest
There were beautiful moments with Hanna before our little one wandered up the branch and out of sight

[laranjeiras]

Liz01

thank you for this wonderful video. Also thank you for the great work you did over the season

i agree that it was a great fledge; it also seems to have been a very successful season for this little family

good luck lovely owlet and hannah and hugo

[balistar]

I agree, many thanks to Liz and thank you too, laranjeiras

Congrats to the owlet's successful fledge
May the owlet and the parents have a happy life.

[Riin]

Does anyone remember the date last year when the little owl left the nest? I think think it was much younger than this year´s owlet. It´s very unfortunate that he´s not in the nest as he shouldn´t have left until mid-June but he´s big and strong so I hope his parents will feed him so he can survive. I am missing him so much.

Hi, I remember that last year it was 24.06, because estonians celebrate midsummer (Jaanipäev) in 23.06 and the party was heard in camera at night - next day first owlet jumped out of the nest.

[Liz01]

Hi, I remember that last year it was 24.06, because estonians celebrate midsummer (Jaanipäev) in 23.06 and the party was heard in camera at night - next day first owlet jumped out of the nest.

Riin you have to compare first egg 2023 - hatch and fledge!

take a look to Askjas summary 2023:
viewtopic.php?p=843279#p843279

#1: 22.03.2023, 23:16
Fledged:
#1: 13.06.2023, 14:39 age 49 days

First and only egg 2024 was laid March 12! - 10 days earlier!
viewtopic.php?p=918082#p918082

fledged on May 28
viewtopic.php?p=929458#p929458

So all is normal! It was the only chick. So,it had an infinite advantage of always having enough food. This meant that it grew faster. It left the nest at exactly the right time

[Susanne]

June 06/07:
From memory and for info: I saw a post in the YT-chat today, posted at 11:44 pm - that should be June 06 - "she-wolf". I was too late and couldn't retrieve it And therefore cannot verify it either, but maybe Kotkaklubi can?

[Susanne]

21:34: Quote YT-chat: "poma​​ Since 21.34 Bubo bubo on the tree.." Thank you for the timestamp!




22:15: Zooooom. Thank you!



What a look ....



22:40: Bubo bubo flies away (I don't know the Owls here well enough, so I cannot tell you whether it was Hanna or Hugo or someone else...)

[Susanne]

22:43: Came from down at the right and and circled right to branch on a tree in the rear.



The pic. is , u-hum: of questionable quality, but Bubo bubo was just too swift for me, sorry. (I slowed down to 0,25, so you can at least have a notion ...)

[Susanne]

June 08

Quote YT-chat, thank you for the time stamps!
"5:04 AM Judit Gergely​​ 3:18-tól mászkál a földi valami, a fióka lenne?
(..)
5:50 AMI nga 3.19 kāds aizsoļo pa zāli uz grāvja pusi.... pēc caunas neizskatās
5:50 AM Inga Redzama sliede zālājā
5:54 AMInga
​​Neliela sliede rāda, ka no grāvja arī iznācis "
GT: "
5:04 AM Judit Gergely From 03:18 something on the ground is crawling, could it be the chick?
5:50AM Inga ​​3.19 someone walks across the grass towards the ditch.... doesn't look like a marten
5:50AM Inga A track is visible in the grass
5:54AM Inga A small track shows that he also came out of the ditch."





My idea: what about a hedgehog waltzing through the grass?

[laranjeiras]

June 8th



14.10 a parent flew in from the left and perched on the tree - see circle in top right of picture

[Liz01]

14:10 Hanna landed on the nest tree , sh is hooting

14:12 Owlet is climbing on the tree stump on the trunk
14:15 Owlet is wandering into the forest. Hanna is still on the nest tree
14:31 Hanna is still on the nest tree

laranjeiras

[Urmas]

In 8th of June EA chick returns under the bush 14:34:12, it started that walk 14:08 from the bush in left edge.
Adult guarded that trip on nest tree and flew towards cam tree 14:34:48

Did not find a she-wolf...

[Susanne]

Thank you Urmas!

[Liz01]

LK first page

𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐝 𝐬ä𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐡𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐭

GT:
To survive, Eagle Owl need the protection of each nest site

The action plan for the protection of the Eagle Owls completed this spring sets the goal for the next five years of increasing the number of offspring of the Eagle Owls in a critical condition and increasing the area of ​​known habitats.

According to Leelo Kuke, Deputy Director General of the Environment Agency in the field of wildlife, the extinction of the Eagle Owl threatens our nature, which is why the species needs effective protection. "In the last few years, less than ten nesting pairs of Eagle Owls have been registered in Estonia, and last year, only one chick of the Eagle Owl was known to be able to fly in Estonia. "In order for the Eagle Owl not to die out in Estonia in the coming decades, it is necessary to find and effectively protect all Eagle Owl habitats and enable undisturbed nesting," said Kukk.

The number of the Eagle Owls, which belongs to the list of protection category I, has continuously and rapidly decreased in recent decades, currently there are 30-40 pairs in the wild in Estonia, but not all pairs have offspring. The fortunes of the population of the Estonian Eagle Owl are affected by natural threats such as nest raids, food shortages and changes in the quality of harvest areas, as well as by human influences such as environmental toxins, disturbance during nesting, death in power lines and logging in previously unknown habitats.

According to Renno Nellis, an expert who prepared the protection action plan, the Eagle Owl poop mostly nests in old, sparse, light-filled pine forests, mostly in coastal areas, and builds its nest on the ground. "eagle Owl chicks growing on the ground are at risk of being killed by predators and birds, but some nesting sites have a high number of human visits, because Eagle Owl nests in near-coastal, so-called recreational forests, which are also liked by people," said Nellis.

The action plan approved this spring calls for, among other things, the construction of above-ground nesting boxes in inhabited habitats to reduce breaking and disturbing the young on the ground. According to the plan, the study of young birds must also be continued using GPS transmitters; monitor the condition of birds in all known habitats during national monitoring, investigate the causes of death of dead birds, and install information boards in habitats close to settlements asking to keep dogs on a leash and not to walk outside the paths.

The Eagle Owl is the largest Owl in Estonia and all of Europe with big orange eyes and striking feathered ears. It is a faithful, disturbance-sensitive and long-lived bird. If the mate dies, the bird sometimes remains alone for a long time. Several nesting sites are known in Estonia as well, where Eagle Owls are single and do not have offspring until they find a new mate.

Renno Nellis, a species expert from MÜT Kotkaklub, prepared the draft action plan for the protection of the Eagle Owl

https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/8646

[muwizar]

June 20th.

From: Judit Gergely and Inga

6.50.07 ⬇ , 6.52.10 ⤵

[Susanne]

Thank you YT-chat for timestamps!

Quote: "2:49 PM Rosieann B ​​Owlet next to nest tree trunk from 14:18.
3:07 PM poma ​​Rosieann B, thank you, so nice to see the owlet
4:10 PM Inga ​​Ūpēns tup pie stumbra no 14.18"